DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT OF STREAMING CAPTURED CONTENT BASED ON CRITERIA REGULATING A SEQUENCE OF ELEMENTS

• US 20110289601A1
• Filed: 07/28/2011
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: GRISBY, Travis M., BELLWOOD, Thomas A., PAOLINI, Michael A., COHEN, Gabriel A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,266,716 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

A captured content rights controller detects a first portion of streaming captured content and a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected. The captured content rights controller determines whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the content by the owner of the at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content. The captured content rights controller applies the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content.

Claims

1. A method for digital rights management of streaming captured content, comprising:

detecting, using a processor, a first portion of streaming captured content;

detecting, using the processor, a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected;

determining, using the processor, whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the at least one restricted element by the at least one owner of the at least one restricted element by determining whether the first portion and the second portion of the streaming captured content in sequence represent a particular motion subject to restriction under the at least one digital rights management protection rule; and

applying, using the processor, the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to detecting the first portion of streaming captured content, analyzing the first portion of streaming captured content to identify the at least one restricted element subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule when in the sequence with at least one other element; and

responsive to identifying the at least one restricted element subject to the at least one digital rights management protection rule when in sequence with the at least one other element, analyzing the second portion of the streaming captured content detected after the first portion of the stream captured content to identify the presence of the at least one other element.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein detecting a first portion of streaming captured content and detecting a second portion of the streaming captured content detected after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected further comprises:

detecting the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content in a content stream comprising a plurality of content elements playable in sequence.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein detecting a first portion of streaming captured content and detecting a second portion of the streaming captured content detected after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected further comprises:

detecting the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content for rendering by a player for generating the sequence of the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content within a display area.

5. A method for digital rights management of streaming captured content, comprising:

detecting, using a processor, a first portion of streaming captured content;

detecting, using the processor, a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected;

determining, using the processor, whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the at least one restricted element by the at least one owner of the at least one restricted element; and

applying, using the processor, the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content by requiring at least one additional element rendered in a sequence with said first portion of the streaming captured content and said second portion of the streaming captured content.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

responsive to detecting the first portion of streaming captured content, analyzing the first portion of streaming captured content to identify the at least one restricted element subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule when in the sequence with at least one other element; and

responsive to identifying the at least one restricted element subject to the at least one digital rights management protection rule when in sequence with the at least one other element, analyzing the second portion of the streaming captured content detected after the first portion of the stream captured content to identify the presence of the at least one other element.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein detecting a first portion of streaming captured content and detecting a second portion of the streaming captured content detected after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected further comprises:

detecting the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content in a content stream comprising a plurality of content elements playable in sequence.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein detecting a first portion of streaming captured content and detecting a second portion of the streaming captured content detected after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected further comprises:

detecting the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content for rendering by a player for generating the sequence of the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content within a display area.

9. A system of digital rights management of streaming captured content, comprising:

a captured content rights controller operative to detect a first portion of streaming captured content detected by a content management enabled device;

the captured content rights controller operative to detect a second portion of the streaming captured content detected by the content management enabled device after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected;

the captured content rights controller operative to determine whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the at least one restricted element by the at least one owner of the at least one restricted element by determining whether the first portion and the second portion of the streaming captured content in sequence represent a particular motion subject to restriction under the at least one digital rights management protection rule; and

the captured content rights controller operative to apply the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content.

10. The system according to claim 9, further comprising:

the captured content rights controller, responsive to detecting the first portion of streaming captured content, operative to analyze the first portion of streaming captured content to identify the at least one restricted element subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule when in a sequence with at least one other element; and

the captured content rights controller, responsive to identifying the at least one restricted element subject to the at least one digital rights management protection rule when in sequence with the at least one other element, operative to analyze the second portion of the streaming captured content detected after the first portion of the stream captured content to identify the at least one other element.

11. The system according to claim 9, further comprising the content management enabled device operative to detect the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content in a content stream comprising a plurality of content elements playable in sequence.

12. The system according to claim 9, further comprising the content management enabled device operative to detect the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content for rendering by a player for generating the sequence of the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content within a display area.

13. The system according to claim 9, further comprising the captured content rights controller operative to apply the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict editing of the streaming captured content.

14. The system according to claim 9, further comprising the captured content rights controller operative to apply the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict uploading of the streaming captured content to a network service server.

15. A system of digital rights management of streaming captured content, comprising:

a captured content rights controller operative to detect a first portion of streaming captured content detected by a content management enabled device;

the captured content rights controller operative to detect a second portion of the streaming captured content detected by the content management enabled device after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected;

the captured content rights controller operative to determine whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the at least one restricted element by the at least one owner of the at least one restricted element; and

the captured content rights controller operative to apply the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content by requiring at least one additional element rendered in a sequence with said first portion of the streaming captured content and said second portion of the streaming captured content.

16. The system according to claim 15, further comprising the content management enabled device operative to detect the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content for rendering by a player for generating the sequence of the first portion of streaming captured content and the second portion of the streaming captured content within a display area.

17. The system according to claim 15, further comprising the captured content rights controller operative to apply the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict editing of the streaming captured content.

18. The system according to claim 15, further comprising the captured content rights controller operative to apply the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict uploading of the streaming captured content to a network service server.

19. A program product comprising a storage-type computer-usable medium including a computer-readable program for digital rights management of steaming captured content, wherein the computer-readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

detect a first portion of streaming captured content;

detect a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected;

determine whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the at least one restricted element by the at least one owner of the at least one restricted element by determining whether the first portion and the second portion of the streaming captured content in sequence represent a particular motion subject to restriction under the at least one digital rights management protection rule; and

apply the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content.

20. A program product comprising a storage-type computer-usable medium including a computer-readable program for digital rights management of steaming captured content, wherein the computer-readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

detect a first portion of streaming captured content;

detect a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected;

determine whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the at least one restricted element by the at least one owner of the at least one restricted element; and

apply the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content by requiring at least one additional element rendered in a sequence with said first portion of the streaming captured content and said second portion of the streaming captured content.